{"id":20846,"date":"2018-06-13T20:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:10:19","slug":"trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claim raises eyebrows: North Korea no longer a nuke threat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump stretched credulity at home and abroad Wednesday by declaring there is \u201cno longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea\u201d after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">summit with Kim Jong Un<\/a> that reduced tensions but produced no details on how or when Pyongyang might disarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempering Trump\u2019s very upbeat assessment, his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, cautioned that the U.S. would resume \u201cwar games\u201d with close ally South Korea if the North stops negotiating in good faith. The president had announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/ahead-of-summits-us-tones-down-war-games-with-south-korea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a halt in the drills<\/a> after his meeting with Kim on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/trumps-vow-to-end-military-drills-with-seoul-stuns-a-region\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163332842395.jpg_7889d4.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s vow to end military drills with Seoul stuns a region<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump rocked the region with the stunning announcement Tuesday that he was halting annual U.S.-South Korean military drills \u2014 and wants to remove the 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in the South as a deterrent against North Korea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit in Singapore marked a sea change from last fall, when North Korea was conducting nuclear and missile tests, and Trump and Kim were trading threats and insults that stoked fears of war. Kim is now promising to work toward a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the details of what is sure to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">complex and contentious process<\/a> have yet to be settled. That didn\u2019t stop the president from talking up the outcome of what was the first meeting between a U.S. and North Korean leader in six decades of hostility. The Korean War ended in 1953 without a peace treaty, leaving the two sides in a technical state of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust landed &#8211; a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office,\u201d Trump tweeted early Wednesday. \u201cThere is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163332842395.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163332842395.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163332842395.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163332842395.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during a press conference at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (Susan Walsh\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo, who flew to Seoul to brief South Korean leaders on the summit, said the U.S. wants North Korea to take \u201cmajor\u201d nuclear disarmament steps within the next two years \u2014 before the end of Trump\u2019s first term in 2021. He said the North Korean leader understands that \u201cthere will be in-depth verification\u201d in any deal with the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have big teams ready to go,\u201d including experts from the U.S. and other partners around the world, Pompeo told reporters. \u201cWe\u2019re prepared to execute this once we\u2019re in a position that we can actually get to a place where we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The secretary of state said the brief, four-point joint statement that emerged from the summit did not encapsulate all the progress the U.S. and North Korea had made. He said negotiations would recommence \u201cin the next week or so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/heres-the-video-president-trump-showed-kim-that-laid-out-the-stakes-of-the-summit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163345496256.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s the video President Trump showed Kim that laid out the stakes of the summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their historic summit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Trump was facing questions at home and among allies about whether he gave away too much in return for too little at the summit, North Korean state media heralded claims of a victorious meeting with the U.S. president. Photos of Kim standing side-by-side with Trump on the world stage were splashed across newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s own chest-thumping tweet seemed reminiscent of the \u201cMission Accomplished\u201d banner flown behind President George W. Bush in 2003 when he spoke aboard a Navy ship following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The words came back to haunt the administration, as the war dragged on throughout Bush\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"apester-media\" data-media-id=\"5b203074ed4c5314a686450f\" height=\"440\"><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/static.apester.com\/js\/sdk\/v2.0\/apester-javascript-sdk.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s claim that North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat is questionable considering Pyongyang\u2019s significant weapons arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Independent experts say the North could have enough fissile material for between about a dozen and 60 nuclear bombs. Last year it tested long-range missiles that could reach the U.S. mainland, although it remains unclear if it has mastered the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead that could re-enter the atmosphere and hit its target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea,\u201d Trump tweeted. \u201cPresident (Barack) Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer &#8211; sleep well tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-tweet-adds-more-confusion-to-issue-of-pacific-military-exercises\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2493854.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump tweet adds more confusion to issue of Pacific military exercises<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In a early morning social media thread, the president said the country could &quot;save a fortune by not doing war games.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, concerns about North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons reached a peak last year, during Trump\u2019s first year in office, as the North conducted more tests and Trump and Kim trained ever more fiery rhetoric on each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked Wednesday whether Trump was jumping the gun by declaring victory, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters: \u201cThis president wants North Korea to completely denuclearize so obviously that has to be complete, verifiable and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freezing the regular military exercises with South Korea is a major concession to North Korea that has long claimed the drills were invasion preparations. Trump\u2019s announcement appeared to catch the Pentagon and officials in Seoul off guard, and some South Koreans were alarmed. Trump cast the decision as a cost-saving measure, but also called the exercises \u201cinappropriate\u201d while talks continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18164354906894.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18164354906894.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18164354906894.jpg.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18164354906894.jpg.jpg?resize=768,503 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, walks with Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, left, commander of United States Forces Korea, upon his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek Wednesday, June 13, 2018.  South Korea&#8217;s presidential office said Pompeo will meet President Moon Jae-in Thursday morning to discuss the meeting, which made history as the first between sitting leaders of the U.S. and North Korea. (Jung Yeon-je\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said he was there when Trump talked about it with Kim, and the president \u201cmade very clear\u201d that the condition for the freeze was that good-faith talks be ongoing. He told reporters that if the U.S. concludes they no longer are, the freeze \u201cwill no longer be in effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was unambiguous about that and how he communicated it, both at the press conference but certainly when he was with Chairman Kim as well,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In North Korea on Wednesday, Pyongyang\u2019s first reports on the summit stressed to the nation\u2019s people that Trump had agreed to Kim\u2019s demand to halt the military exercises and suggested that Trump also said he would lift sanctions as negations progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump appreciated that an atmosphere of peace and stability was created on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, although distressed with the extreme danger of armed clash only a few months ago, thanks to the proactive peace-loving measures taken by the respected Supreme Leader from the outset of this year,\u201d the North\u2019s state-run Korean Central News Agency said in a summary of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/03\/will-we-stay-or-will-we-go-a-look-at-removing-us-troops-from-south-korea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/South-Korea-training.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Will we stay or will we go? A look at removing US troops from South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump said recently he would consider removing U.S. troops to get a better trade deal with South Korea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo, after landing in South Korea, met for nearly an hour with Gen. Vincent Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea. The secretary of state is to meet President Moon Jae-in on Thursday morning to discuss the summit. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono also headed to Seoul and was to meet with Pompeo and his South Korean counterpart. Pompeo, the former CIA director, then plans to fly to Beijing to update the Chinese government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Japan, the prospect of canceled U.S.-South Korean drills was met with concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S.-South Korea joint exercises and U.S. forces in South Korea play significant roles for the security in East Asia,\u201d Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters Wednesday. He said he planned to continue sharing the view with Washington and Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has stationed combat troops in South Korea since the end of the Korean War and has used them in a variety of drills. The next scheduled major exercise, involving tens of thousands of troops, normally would be held in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Lederman reported from Seoul, South Korea. Associated Press writers Anne Flaherty in Washington; Foster Klug and Adam Schrek in Singapore; Eric Talmadge in Pyongyang, North Korea; Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump stretched credulity at home and abroad Wednesday by declaring there is \u201cno longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea\u201d after his summit with Kim Jong Un that reduced tensions but produced no details on how or when Pyongyang might 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